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H. P. OHRISTIANSEN.

HYDRAULIC MOTOR. No. 428,829. Patented May 27, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HANS PETTER OI-IRISTIANSEN, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELFAND JENS HANSEN, OF SAME PLACE.

HYDRAULIC MOTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 428,829, dated May 27,1890.

Application filed December 27, 1889. Serial No. 335,106. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HANS PETTER CHRIS- TIANSEN, of Oakland, in thecounty of Alameda and State of California, have invented a new andImproved Hydraulic Motor, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

The invention consists of certain parts and details and combinations ofthe same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointitsouter ends in suitable bearings formed in the standards O, erected 011 abase-plate D, which also supports the cylinder A. On one end of the mainshaftB is secured a fly-wheel E and on the other end is fastened apulley F-, for imparting a rotary motion to other machinery.

On the shaft B, inside of the cylinder A, are secured the turbine wheelsG and H, of any approved construction, provided with the usual inclinedwings which, however, stand in opposite directions in the two turbinewheels, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The wheels G and Hdivide the interior of the cylinder A into the three compartments, A, Aand A connecting with the pipes I, I, and I respectively, leading tochambers J, J, and J respectively, formed on the under side of thebase-plate D, as is plainly shown in Fig. 1.

From the chamber J lead the two pipes K and K, which extend downward,then horizontally, and are then bent downward again to terminate attheir lower ends in liquid L. On the lower end of each of the pipes Kand K is arranged a valve K which opens down- The chamber J is connectedat its bottom with a pipe P, which extends downward, then l1orizontally, and then bends downward a short distance to extend into aliquid Q. A pipe P leads from the compartment J and extends similarly tothe pipe P, terminating in the liquid Q, as is plainly shown in Fig. 1.The level of the liquid Q is above the level of the'liquid L, previouslymentioned.

In the horizontal parts of the pipes K and K is arranged avalve-casingN,in which are mounted to slide the valves 0 and 0, adapted to open andclose the pipes K and K, as shown in Fig. 1. The valves 0 and O aresecured on a stem 0 extending through suitable stuffing-boxes in thevalve-casing N, to be operated from the outside by hand or othersuitable means. In the position shown in Fig. 1 the passages of thepipes K and K are unobstructed by the valves 0 and 0; but when theoperator pulls on the stem 0 which lifts the valves 0 and O, the lattercan close the passage-ways of the pipes K and K.

In the top of the compartment A of the cylinder A, is arranged a port Aregistering with a pipe R, and adapted to be closed on the inside by avalve S, secured on a screwrod T, passing through part of the pipe R,and provided on its outer end with a nut U, which, when turned, servesto raise or lower the valve S to open or close the port A The operationis as follows: In order to set the machine going it is necessary thatthe cylinder A, as well as the pipes I I 1 the chambers J J J and thepipes K K P P, shall be filled, which is done through the pipe R,connected with the middle compartment A of the cylinder A, the valves Kclosing the lower ends of the pipes K K, and the valve S being open.After filling, the valve S is closed by screwing on the nut U to raisethe screw-rod T. The valves K open themselves when the machine isstarted. Then the liquid Q being higher than the level of the liquid L,so that the liquid flows into the pipes P and P through the compartmentsJ J 2 and the pipes I 1 into the end compartments A and A respectively,of the cylinder A. The liquid then passes through the turbine wheels Hand G into the middle compartment A thus rotating the turbine wheels Gand H, which, on account of being secured to the driving-shaft B, rotatethe latter, and the rothe device constitutes a siphon, the level of tarymotion of the shaft 13 can be transmitted to suitable machinery. Theliquid, after flowing into the middle compartment A passes through theenlarged pipe 1 into the compartment J and flows out through the pipes Kand K. Vhen the operator desires to stop the motor, he raises the rod 0so that the valves 0 and 0 close the passage-ways of the pipes K and K.Then when the operator again desires to start the machine he simplymoves the valves 0 and O downward into their former position, as shownin Fig. 1, so that the flow of liquid continues as above described.\Vhen the operator desires to empty the motor of water, he turns the nutU, so as to move the screw-rod T downward, whereby the valve S opens theport A and atmospheric air is permitted to flow into the middlecompartment A of the cylinder by means of the pipe B. This outside-airpressure forces the liquid in the machine through the pipes K and K.

It is understood that the several connections are made water and airtight, so that the flow of the liquid will not be interrupted byleakage.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The combination, with the cylinder, of a shaftmounted to turn therein, two waterwheels on said shaft and fitting thecylinder, two inlet-pipes leading to the ends of the cylinder beyond thewheels, a central outlet leading from the space between the wheels, twopipes leading from said central outlet, a valve-chamber connecting thetwo pipes, and a double valve within said chamber and controlling bothpipes, and a stem for operating said valve, substantially as set forth.

2. In a hydraulic motor, the combination, with a cylinder, of a shaftmounted to turn in the said cylinder, two water-vheels secured on thesaid shaft fitting in the said cylinder and having their wings standingin opposite directions, inlet-pipes leading to the ends of the saidcylinder at the outer sides of the said wheels, an outlet leading fromthe middle of the said cylinder between the said wheels and extending toa lower level than the said inletpipes, and a valve arranged in the saidcylinder between the said wheels to fill the device or to let inatmospheric air, substantially as shown and described.

HANS PETTER CHRISTIANSEN.

\Vitnesses:

J ENS HANSEN, FREDREK CHELSE'N.

